You'll never get ahead by blaming your problems on other people.

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We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.

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If a song was ever good, it's still good.

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I live one day at a time, one day at a time. Yesterday's gone and tomorrow is blind, so I live one day at a time.

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I got in at 2 with a 10, and woke up at 10 with a 2.

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When songs fall from the sky, all I can do is catch them before they hit the ground.

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Anybody can be unhappy. We can all be hurt. You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody. Rednecks, hippies, misfits - we're all the same. Gay or straight? So what? It doesn't matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people, regardless.

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There is only one map to the journey of life and it lives within your heart

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A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth - that’s what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world.

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when you put your life in a good place, good things follow

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